Leonard foote



Patented Sept. 20, 1927.

UNITED A STATES" p limlioivri'nn roo'in, on rnianoA MIGUEL, orinarzoivri'y` "CONNECTER non TELEPHONE niicnivnns annui-in Linn'. i

' Application filed November 28, 1925. Serial` No. 71,988.A

rIhis inventionarelates to connecters for..

telephone receivers and the like, and hasV for its object the provisionof` a lleXible device for readily holding the metal.`tips of phones in contact so that the telephone receivers are.

connected in series,the tips being easily detachedwhen desired. i

.A further object ofthe inventionis `the provision of a` connecter forA phone tips, the connectors being the shape iof sockets molded in strips offlexiblefmaterial so thatV any number of unitsof sockets may be cut from the strip, as desired.

A still further object of the provision of a phone connecter formed of flexible material and in which sockets are .1 `provided to receive pairs of tips, with..eachr socket having a flared mouth `to facilitate.

when resting onfurniture, .willnot mar the surface, and in .whichthe pairsfoi tips are.;

held in Contact with each other but out ot engagement with any other tips oi metal, so that the phones will not be short-circuite'd at any time.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, in view of the accompanying drawing forming a. part of the specification; nevertheless it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure, being susceptible of such changes and modifications which shall deline no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a View in perspective of the radio receiving set showing my invention applied thereto, n

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the phone tip connecter showing a pair of tips held in contact in a cell or socket of the connecter,

Figure 3 is a view in perspective of a unit of the phone connecter showing a pair of cells or sockets,

Figure 4 is a vertical section of a modiiied form of the connecter,

the invention is Figure -5 is a view in perspective ofia modiiied forni of connecter fitting over a plug# i `Rei'erring more particularly` to the drawings yl0 designates areceiving set having'a a jack ll .to receive ya-phone plugflZ.A The plug l2 has sockets'. to-.receive` theitips 13 6o i and 141s,` respectively, of the pairs of phones land 1 6, a third set of phoneshl 'being connectedin series withV lphones V15 `and 16by`y my improved connecter 18 whichholds the*` phone tips19 and 20 and phone tips Qlfand" '21 in rigid contact with eachother:

As shown morel particularly in Figures 2 Y and l3, 'the connecters-are molded lfrom iieX`- s ible material to` provide sockets 22 into which are adapted to be inserted `the phone .70 tips', the ymaterial lfrom.Swhiclithessockets are made being resilient'.v The vwalls 2340i the socketsmaytherefore bedistortedwhen yit is intendedv tolinsert theftips. As shown inl Figure 3, the socket18a-is` shown lcol# lapsed by linger. pressure Thev diameter of" each of thesocketsis made slightly less than d `twice `the diameter .of-a tip and is also 'of suchnminimum.diameter that theiinner: cir# -cumference ofthe socket isV slightlygreater than the `circumference Vof A fone tip" plus its diameter.V V-henthe walls othe socket are z collapsed so that the socket will assume the shape of an ellipse, a pair of tips may be readily inserted into the socket and when the walls have been released, the tips will be held in firm contact when the wallstend to resume the circular shape, although when a pair of tips is placed within the socket, the socket will be maintained in a distorted condition. As soon as the tips have been removed the sockets will again return to normal circular shape.

The mouths of the sockets maybe fla-red as shown at 24 but such a construction is not required for the proper working of the device. The sockets areV molded in A,long strips ofresilient'material, and the sockets may be connected by means of a web 25I as edges of a sheet of resilient material, such as rubber, and having partitions 27 separating the inner ends of the sockets 26.

` The sockets shown in the modied form in Figure a are likewise formed of a 'singleV` Strip28 of the materialwith the mouthsVV ofV the socket Opening in opposite directions along opposite'edges'of the strip, and it must' beV borne in'. mind' that :when the socketsvarefmade 'in the form shown lnFlguresfZ, 3 or 4,-

they are -all molded in fsifngle strips, and units of the sockets are cut from the strip as may be"desired, the' units comprising any number of sockets from tivo up.

Referring more particularly to Figure 5, a phone plug 29" is shown, which is adapted to be inserted in the jack and having ahead 30; with passages 31' and 32 adapted to reeeive phone tips. 33 and 34, respectively. The central porti-on ot a block 35 formed of resilient material is provided with an opening 36l adapted to snugly ht the head 30' of the plug 29, the tips 33 and 34 being inserted through the openinjgin the block at the rear end of the same'. Other phone tips which form partl of the connection of four sets ot' phones are received Within sockets 37, 38, 39 and 40, sockets 37 and 38 being at one end of f' the block 35, While the sockets 39 and l0 are at the opposite end. The material of the block being, resilient .andl compressible may be readily compressed upon its opposite faces in order to distort the circularsockets into an elliptical form,A whereby the phone tips may be readily inserted Within the sockets.

lWhen the pressure has been released, the

material Will tend to assume its normal position, and thereby hold the phone tipsv in rigid Contact with each other.

In allot the constructions, no metal parts are employed and since the material isv made of rubber or some other resilient composition the connecters maybe placed upon the surfaces-of furniture Without any. danger of marringv vthe same.

1. A connecter for phone. terminals comprising a kplurality lof sockets molded from a strip' 'oi'..r'esilient and non-'conducting matelrial, thev sockets being `connected by rela tively thin'webs of resilient material.

2. A connecter for phone-terminals compri'sing a strip of molded resilient material, said strip being provided With a plu? ra-lity of sockets, said socketshaving iiared "ceiv'e the-'terminals Yandholdsaid terminals in closel contacting relation.

5. AV connecter for.v terminals of an electric circuit comprising a plurality of sockets having Walls formed of elastic material and means joining Walls of the sockets together for reinforcing the Walls along the points Where joined together sothat the free portions of the Walls may be distorted to receive and hold said terminals in close contacting relation.

LEQNARD FooTE.

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